Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1340 You Joke First

Chen Hui felt a bit of a headache coming on; this Korean rich kid seemed to have an extremely high opinion of himself.

"Well, Mr. Xin, we have some things to attend to. Please enjoy your Henri Pinault while we take our leave."

Director Xin paused for a moment, then said, "Don't you want to taste authentic French champagne? Well, how unromantic. I forgot that you Chinese are only interested in strong liquor. What a disappointment."

Xiao Wei said, "Director Xin, it seems you have misunderstood something. We have no intention of investing in any Nongshim company, nor will we sell any of our companies. Thank you for your high regard. I wish your company all the best."

Well then, we'll take our leave now. Oh, welcome to Kyoto! Director Xin, you're welcome to explore sometime; Kyoto has many famous historical sites. Have a wonderful time!

Xiao Wei and Chen Hui stood up. Xiao Wei nodded to Director Xin, and the two turned and walked out of the small conference room. Chen Hui whispered, "Why does this guy seem crazy? He's so arrogant!"

Xiao Wei shook his head.

Director Xin froze for a moment, staring at the two men with wide eyes and an incredulous expression. He didn't react until they had reached the door, then stood up and chased after them: "Wait a minute, aren't you satisfied with five percent?"

Xiao Wei turned to look at Director Xin: "Director Xin, didn't you conduct a thorough investigation before making your request? Fu Ying Men Company doesn't seem to be something your Nongxin can even dream of."

Five percent? If Nongshim were to take over, I wouldn't even consider five percent. Also, Château Henri Pinot is also one of our properties. Thank you for your support of our winery, and we wish you a pleasant tasting.

Although Xiaowei wasn't entirely clear about Nongshim's overall scale, the company did conduct some investigations after hearing that they were going to enter Fengtian.

At that time, Nongshim Group's entire industry was concentrated in South Korea, accounting for 70% of the South Korean instant noodle market and 35% of the supermarket market. Its total assets were less than 100 million RMB, and its annual output value was about 500 to 600 million RMB.

Don't believe them when they say it's tens or hundreds of billions; that's because the value of the Korean won is really too low.

Their investment in Shanghai was only seven million US dollars (in 1995), equivalent to fifty-nine million RMB, but they insisted on saying it was 1.6 billion.

Chen Hui patted Xin Shi on the shoulder: "Dude, I really admire you. With a total scale of over 100 million, you're going to use 5% to acquire a company with assets of over 2 billion. It seems you really have confidence in Nongshim."

The two men came out of the small conference room, and the two guys from the Foreign Affairs Office stood up from the sofa: "Have you finished the negotiations? The country's current development focus is on attracting foreign investment. You must take this seriously, treat foreign investors with care, and cooperate well. You'll be credited for this."

Chen Hui asked the guy, "Do you own a house?"

The guy was taken aback: "Yes, I do."

Chen Hui reached into his pocket, took out his wallet, pulled out two thousand yuan, and handed it over: "I'll buy it. Let's sign the agreement."

The guy from the foreign affairs office looked down at the money handed to him and asked, "What's this?"

Chen Hui said, "Buying your house? Two thousand yuan, is that enough? I'll add another five hundred."

The guy in the foreign affairs office was dumbfounded: "Are you kidding me?"

Chen Hui said, "Didn't you start the joke? How much are they worth to want to buy our company? Five percent? Even if they factored in all their assets, would they even be worth five percent of our company?"

Xiao Wei tugged at Chen Hui and said to the guy in the foreign affairs office, "We are a wholly British-owned company. If you have any questions, please write to our UK headquarters."

He pulled Chen Hui and left through the door.

After coming out of the building, they met up with Wang Jiwei and the others on the first floor, got into the car, and went home.

Wang Jiwei, driving by, asked, "What's up? How did the talks go?"

Chen Hui said, "A bunch of lunatics. What a waste of time."

Xiao Wei said, "Attracting investment is a good thing, but looking at the situation, it seems like the whole thing is not going well."

Chen Hui asked Xiao Wei, "Do we have a UK headquarters? And an office in Hong Kong?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, of course we have. I had Sister Liu's purchasing center in London set up a branch there, and I had them buy a building. That will be our headquarters from now on. We'll use this WMH company to invest overseas."

Chen Hui asked, "Where?"

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be somewhere, John Adam Street, which is said to be not far from where the Queen lives, a few kilometers away. It's a large British courtyard house."

Chen Hui blinked: "Are you kidding me? Do you think England has courtyard houses?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's a bit different from what we have here. It's shaped like a square, with buildings on all four sides and a courtyard in the middle. Isn't that a courtyard house?"

Wang Jiwei said, "Yes, there used to be a lot of that kind of architecture in Europe, old buildings. Now, newly built buildings are basically not like that anymore, similar to what we have here."

Chen Hui twitched his face and said, "That's called a castle, okay? A British courtyard house? I'm really impressed."

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "Really? A castle? Not one of those built on a mountain by a lake, with a big gate and a drawbridge, the kind that specifically breeds vampires?"

Chen Hui said, "That's called a castle. Don't go out and say you know me, you'll be too embarrassed. How big is it? How much did it cost? Wait a minute, how come I didn't know about this?"

Xiao Wei said, "I didn't use company money. Xiao Hong's money, she felt it was a waste to leave the money idle, and she always thought about investing in something or doing something. Originally, she invested in her classmate's place in Beixi, in Xifen."

There were even more results. That day, I was talking to Sister Liu on the phone about this matter, and Xiao Hong was there. She said that she wanted to rent a place to set up the headquarters. Xiao Hong said that she should buy it, as an investment. So she bought a yard.

The economy over there doesn't seem to be doing too well; they say it's in a recession. This whole yard only cost four million two hundred thousand pounds. Xiao Hong just bought it, and our headquarters can use it for free. Isn't that generous?

The staff and dormitory used one side of the building, and the other three sides were said to be cleaned up and rented out; anyway, they were all handed over to Sister Liu.

Chen Hui said, "Damn, if you think you're making too much money and it's a loss, then don't bother making it. Won't you just keep making more and more? No, I have to contact Sister Liu. My family should buy some too."

Xiao Wei said, "Would Chen Xiao be willing? They're tens of thousands of miles apart, and besides, buying too much wouldn't make a difference."

Chen Hui thought for a moment and nodded: "That's true. It seems Chen Xiao isn't very interested in these things either. Xiao Hong really loves houses, buying them everywhere."

Xiao Wei said, "Let her buy whatever she wants with her money; she won't lose anything anyway."

(End of this chapter)